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To: LowCountryJoe
These women have got to answer for their actions when it matters most; after this life....Again, I defer that the judgement rests with God, not me..

Based on this logic there should be no laws for murder. Maybe no laws at all. The purpose of liberty is not to justify the taking a life or another's rights. The very purpose of our government is to protect the individuals rights. That does not give a woman a right to kill the baby in her body any more then it gives her the right to kill her toddler.
184 posted on 11/05/2007 8:03:27 AM PST by Durus ("Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." JFK)
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To: Durus
Based on this logic there should be no laws for murder. Maybe no laws at all.

Not true! Legislation and judicial matters for areas where one person's actions directly deprive another person of their liberties are needed. Then there is the matter of indirect depriving where the waters are a bit more murky but still need to be sorted out...with the emphasis always erring on the side of liberty through some judicial process and with follow-up legislation to codify a societal norm that strikes the optimal balance between preserving order and maximizing liberty.

In the case of abortion, the delicate balance (in my opinion) was decided at much too high of level of judiciary and the legislative portion will not be codified because the attitude of the majority do not see abortion as murder because they either do not really see it as such or because, for selfish reasons, it is inconvenient to see it as such. If you and other pro-lifers feel so strongly about this single-issue, where is your advocacy for adoption and for providing financial incentives to mothers of the unborn who contemplate abortion? Where is the trumpeting of non-profit groups who seek to facilitate adoptions and minimize the rates of abortions? If there are such efforts and organizations in place, then why do I not see promotion of them in your tag-lines? Are you single-issue people all talk?

And what of liberty? Why not defend the concept of liberty more and your public displays of outrage, piousness, and pitchfork wielding a little less?

188 posted on 11/05/2007 8:22:45 AM PST by LowCountryJoe (I'm a Paleo-liberal: I believe in freedom; am socially independent and a borderline fiscal anarchist)
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